10/16/2007
The
Media Center for National Security (MCNS) says, six brave soldiers
had made the supreme sacrifice for the motherland in defending
their isolated post at Thalgasmankada, in Paanama against the
terror attack yesterday ( October 15).
Army
post at Thalgasmankada, which is located about 50Km South of Pothuvil
came under a terror attack around 7 last evening. Within hours
following the attack, troops linked up with the post and secured
the area. Six of the soldiers who were at the post have died after
a fierce battle with the terrorists and another suffered injuries.
Meanwhile,
an Army tractor transporting bodies of the soldiers caught in
a pressure mine blast this morning (October 16). According to
the available information, one soldier was killed and three injured
in the incident. The injured have been taken to immediate medical
attention.
Search
operations are being continued.
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